chill in the stars
and the brightness
in the air

cloudy skies
clouded vision
cluttered thoughts
and inhibition

surrendered
to the ascetic force

guiding my
shaking hand
to-and-from
the ashtray

& in the smoke
and the doubt

mind and soul
became one

rationality resists
fantasy but
coalesces into
lust

and on this night
so black and white

You stood;
serene and from a dream

casting over
every ray of light

You
lovely
merciless
enamoring
thing